U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Recall of Over 4,600 Pounds of Liquid Egg Products due to Misbranding and Allergens

Michael Foods Inc., a Minnesota-based company, has issued a recall for over 4,600 pounds of liquid egg products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture made the announcement on August 25th, 2021.

The recalled items are a liquid egg breakfast blend formulation that was produced on June 11th. The affected products include 32-oz paperboard cartons of “Fair Meadow Foundations Whole Eggs with Citric Acid” with a use-by date of “16 SEP 24” and lot code 4162G. These products were packaged within corrugated cases labeled Scrambled Egg Blend with the same use-by date and lot code.

The USDA stated that the establishment with an establishment number EST. G1455 also issued a recall for the same products that were distributed to restaurant consignees in Alabama, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, and Utah for institutional use. The issue was discovered during a routine carton inventory evaluation conducted by the establishment.

The misbranding occurred when a limited amount of Whole Egg with Citric Acid cartons was unaccounted for while there was an excess of Breakfast Blend Scrambled Egg cartons in inventory. It was later determined that the unaccounted Whole Egg with Citric Acid cartons were mistakenly used during a single short Breakfast Blend Scrambled Egg production run. The Breakfast Blend formulation contains an allergen – dairy ingredient (milk) – which is not declared on the Whole Egg with Citric Acid label.

Despite the misbranding and undeclared allergens, there have been no reports of adverse reactions from consuming these products.